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2017 Shakespeare Competition Winner

Congratulations to the 2017 ESU Central PennsylvaniaBranch Shakespeare Winner, Nicholas Bowman, from Carlisle High School and her teacher, Susan Biondo-Hench. Good luck at the National Competition in New York City!

Honoring Bob & Jo Brand

It has been 31 years since The Honorable Robert A. Brand and Josephine M. Brand started the Central PA Branch of the ESU and 30 years for the Shakespeare Competition in Central Pennsylvania.

Fine Arts at Saint Francis University features minor concentrations the areas of fine arts, visual arts, music, and theatre. Small class sizes, individualized attention, and multiple performance opportunities, and unique arts-focused study abroad programs,not typically found in larger universities, provide students with ample opportunities to work with their hands, heads and hearts and to fully integrate artistic skills into whatever path they choose to follow.

Governor Proclaims November William Shakespeare Month in Pennsylvania

ASC Hungry Hearts Tour

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The American Shakespeare Center will be performing two plays in September. As part of the Hungry Hearts Tour, "The Two Gentleman of Verona" will be presented on Sunday, September 25 at 7 p.m. and "Our Town" will be presented on Monday, September 26 at 7:00 p.m. Both performances will be held in the JFK Student Center Auditorium. To reserve seats for either night's performance, please register here.

Tickets to this event are free. However, seating is limited and RSVP is required for this event. After you register, you will receive an email with you ticket. Please bring your ticket with you to the door the night of the show. We will also have your name on a registration list at the door in case you misplace your ticket. CES approved event.

Teaching Shakespeare Workshop

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In conjunction with the Folger exhibition, the English Speaking Union (ESU) is offering the "Teaching Shakespeare Workshop 'First Folio' The Book that Gave Us Shakespeare", a workshop for teachers and pre-service teachers. Developed "by teachers for teachers", this workshop introduces dynamic tools to get Shakespeare's words into the heads, mouths, and hearts of students. Act 48 credit will be available.

English Speaking Union’s Return to State College Welcomed at Foxdale Village

Event Recap

Hosted by Clovis and Marilyn Morrison, program directors at Foxdale Village, the English Speaking Union (ESU) Central Pennsylvania Branch returned from the Harrisburg area to State College, where it was founded in 1987.

An audience of 110 Foxdale residents and community members gathered for an evening of entertainment at 7:00 pm on Tuesday March 8, 2016. Karen Blair-Brand, Region III Chair, opened the event with a brief explanation of the English Speaking Union's programs. She announced the success of Branch's 26th annual Shakespeare competition, and detailed the upcoming bus trip to Shippensburg on April 7th for the ESU's Wrench Speaker event. Karen recognized the more than a dozen ESU Region III Founding members who were present for the occasion, and announced that plans for a "Founders' Hall of Fame" were being formed to honor them.